Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-12-01
FEEDING LIVESTOCK.

FEEDING LIVESTOCK.
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England Farmer.
On nearly every farm there Is to be
found hay. straw, corn fodder and
other things which do rot find ready
sale. These folders are deficient in
the albuminoids If we try to feed .
young growing animal of five hundred
pounds weight on meadow hay alone
we should have to feed him S7} pounds
day to supply the needed Aesh-form-
ing substance. while we should be
feeding an excess of six pounds Of
carbohydrates. which would be worse
than wasted. taxing the digestive or.
gans to do an amount Of work Of nc
benefit
Clover. Hungarian. bean vines. and
the beans themselves are. as . rule.
over-supplied with hesh-forming ele-
ments. and oftentimes good results
may be obtained by mixture of these
two kinds of fodder. l would advise
every farmer to grow all the H unga.
rian and clover possible for home feed
ing Shorts are peculiarly adapted
for milch cows. as they contain . large
amount Of phosphate. They are bet
ter than mill feed or middlingS Cows
some times gnaw old boards and bones
on account of a lack of phosphate in
their food A ration of shorts daily
for few we eks will entirely stop this
habit
Manure is more or less valuable in
exact ratio to the kind of food and the
animal that produces it. Young graz
ing cattle fed on cheap hay and no
grain make very poor manure. From
mich cows fed in a liberal manner
and often on heavy grain rations,
good amount Of rich manure is OBJ
tanned. All of our cheap folders are
of little value for manure. Thus ton
of oat-straw is worth but s. so, while
linseed and cottonseed are valued at
$40 TO S25 ton. Hence We see it is
we'll to look at this feature of the case
before buying our supply of grain.
Care of stock has much to do with
the result Study them closely, see
what they require. and use common
sense in supplying it. Feed only at
regular times, and two feeds day is
better than three. 1t is the nature of
our neat stock TO eat large quantities
of food very rapidly, and then to lie
down and remasticate it. Ihave fol-
lowed this method for the past five
seasons. and to much benefit
Iwould water directly after they are
done eating. as they will drink better
at this time; although those who. like
myself feed ensilage. will find that
once a day will be as often as they
will drink. II you compel your stock
to drink water down to freezing. you
must remember that enough food must
be consumed to warm this water TO
blood heat, and as a cow will often
drink ten or twelve gallons day,
which must all be raised from tenn
perature of thirty-two degrees up to
nine,y-eight degrees, we see what
quantity of food will be required. This
also applies to cold stables. If your
cows slack up during q cold spell. it is
due to the fact that the food has been
used to keep up the temperature of the
| animal.
The grinding of ten bushels of corn
on the ear costs IS cents, and it would
shell out five bushels. which can have
ground for 80 cents. 1 pay As cents
for grinding 80 pounds of cobs. or
| 81. IS per ton. which is too much. 1t
is claimed that cob meal is as good as
the clear meal. Perhaps it is. but the
cobs are not worth more than % q ton,
and are less than one fourth the weight
of the meal. think the effect is most
mechanical. and that as good results
may be obtained by mixture of shorts
or other bulky feed.
Ihave adopted this plan: To q mix
ture of eight bushels of corn and four
of oats ground together. l put 200
pounds of shorts and 200 pounds of
cottonseed meal. which are thorough
ly mixed. BY this method the meal is
divided up and it is better to feed.
especially if you depend on help who
would as soon feed one cow all sh Orts
and another clear cottonseed as to
give the proper amount of each.-M
E. Farmer.
Pumpkins and Cucumbers.